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Il Gruppo Progetto Elegentemente Rifinito

So I just got back from a 30k shake-down ride and Il Gruppo Progetto is exactly what I expected. You will get no Huangisms from me. I'll just say it's a bomber steed with some classic touches that's good old-skool fun to ride. It'll fit the rain bike need perfectly. Thanks again for your input everybody.

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Marko

Marko lives and rides in the upper midwest of the States, Minnesota specifically. "Cycling territory" and "the midwest" don't usually end up in the same sentence unless the conversation turns to the roots of LeMond, Hampsten, Heiden and Ochowitz. While the pavé and bergs of Flanders are his preferred places to ride, you can usually find him harvesting gravel along forest and farm roads. He owes a lot to Cycling and his greatest contribution to cycling may forever be coining the term Rainbow Turd.

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Colin says:

Oct 20 2010 at 7:56 am

That's a DEEEEP bar!

Applies a personal set of rules that hint at looking as ottengalo as Cipo's rigs...
James says:

Oct 20 2010 at 9:39 am

Top notch, sir! I bet there's some satisfaction, too, in not having spent a down payment for a home on a new carbon rig. :)
Marko says:

Oct 20 2010 at 9:47 am

@James
Having already done the second mortgage on the carbon rig, there is much truth to your observation. There is much satisfaction in a simple, durable, cobbled together bike that doesn't need/warrant a high degree of fretting over.
wvcycling says:

Oct 20 2010 at 5:00 pm

Marko :@James
Having already done the second mortgage on the carbon rig, there is much truth to your observation. There is much satisfaction in a simple, durable, cobbled together bike that doesn't need/warrant a high degree of fretting over.

That sounds like me and my cross bike:
Marko says:

Oct 20 2010 at 6:38 pm

@wvcycling
which part? the second mortage part or cobbled together part?
Steampunk says:

Oct 20 2010 at 7:11 pm

@Marko
or the absence of fretting?
wvcycling says:

Oct 21 2010 at 1:14 pm

Marko :

@wvcycling
which part? the second mortage part or cobbled together part?

Both, Kinda.
My second mortgage is being unemployed for 9mos, and college loans.
Cobbled together for me means Buying my LBS owner's 2008 ultegra, using a spare wheelset, and begging a company to send me a cross frame to review for cheap. Ritchey WCS Handlebars/stem/seapost is pretty sweet for being my bottom of the basket leftover parts~

Image didn't upload last time:
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thealchemist says:

Oct 21 2010 at 1:48 pm

@frank
Bars are "Campione del Mondo" - look to be mid 80's vintage in good nick. Personal faves, great dashboard, perfect choice for anyone with a larger frame. In terms of balancing comfort against end-stage aggression they squash most current bars like grapes.
Marko says:

Oct 21 2010 at 1:58 pm

@thealchemist
Nice eye. That's Italian for "Campione del Mundo" #66. And they're incredibly comfortable, especially whilst in the drops. What are yours on?
Marko says:

Oct 21 2010 at 6:19 pm

So this is kind of cool. Trying to research this frame a bit I came across a post over at roadbike review. Someone had seen the listing and asked a question. Later, I chimed in as the buyer. Fast forward and this dude named Sam replied to a post of mine as a former owner of one of these frames. He offered to email me some scans of an old Serotta catalog he's got from the time. The dude's got to be a velominatus if he's got that kind of stuff laying around. Anyway, here's the scans he sent. Look at the pic. I think we got it pretty close. Nice work everyone.